Egbert asks for a shifting spanner or monkey wrench and the sweet old lady in the back seat persuades her surly driver to let him help.]" In a spectacularly-composed shot, the Prince is pulled along in a chariot on the top of the wall, while below the wall to the left of the frame, he procession of Ishtar proceeds to move ahead in the distance...Baby Doll: They""ve got an up-to-date gin, not like that old pile of junk you got! (Archie glares at her)On the way into the doctor""s office, Archie hotly argues with Baby Doll about the fate of dotty ol"" Aunt Rose, complaining hat the old woman is an unnecessary burden because she can""t cook:All right, but I am servin"" you notice.Warner Bros"" potboiling story of class conflict and organized labor in the Deep South was part of the studio""s series of social-issue and social-conscience "message" dramas in the 1930s, including:I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)Heroes for Sale (1933)(also with Richard Barthelmess)The Mayor of Hell (1933)Wild Boys of the Road (1933)Black Fury (1935)Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)They Made Me a Criminal (1939)Curtiz"" studio film vowed that it would make a serious attempt to remain neutral and not take a stand on either side (the poor white farmer-tenants, known as "peckerwoods," or he rich and powerful managerial planters-owners), by presenting a scrolling disclaimer in an opening title card""s prologue (See full quote below in "Plot Synopsis").He imagines water flowing over him in a super-imposed image - the water in which he intends to drown and murder his wife.